Toy Story 3

Have Pixar done it again? They've been on a great run since the slight mis-step that was Cars, so how does their return to the characters who started the whole thing off hold up?

Andy is now growing up and about to head off to college. For the toys this leaves a fate of either the attic, the trash or being donated to the local daycare centre. They end up at the daycare where things are run by the rather less than benevolent Lots-a-Huggin' bear. From here the movie plays like a prison escape film.

But is it the Toy Story we all know and love? The answer would have to be a resounding Yes. The film strikes all the right character notes for the existing characters who all get some lovely moments. The new characters are all fresh and add something fresh - Ken and Barbie are possibly the most effective and funny, whilst Timothy Dalton's Mr Pricklepants is slightly underused (but that's a small criticism). The action is well handled, the visuals as stunning as you'd expect, but as ever these things only ever serve the story.

There are probably not quite the sublime emotional moments of the opening of WALL-E or the silent montage in Up, but the film is more consistently excellent throughout and there are still some great moments including Buzz's spanish mode, the opening sequence and the aliens and the great claw.

Overall - 9/10 Pixar have definitely done it again and provided us with a great and fitting goodbye to the characters who started it all off.